Sirup-faucet



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

E. HAAS.

sIRUP FAUGET.

No. 404,192. Patented May 28, 1889.

K PETERS. PhuloLilhogF-zpher, Washingion. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWVIN PIAAS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SIRUP-FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,192, dated May 28,1889.

Application filed August 18, 1888. serial No. 288,075. (No model.)

. specially adapted for use in connection with sirup compartments orjars for soda-water apparatus; and among the objects in view are toprovide a faucet which can be united with the jar for operation withoutthe necessity of drilling holes or openings in the apparatus, and whichis easily disconnected from the jar, in order that the latter may beremoved for refilling or cleansing and which can be operated with onehand, whereby an attendant can fill tWo glasses at the same time, thusfacilitating the dispensation of the fluid.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the faucet as toautomatically close after the sirup is withdrawn.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features of the same will be particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical sect-ion of asirup-jar provided with a faucet constructed in accordance with myinvention. Figs. 1 2, 3, and 4 are modifications of the invention. Fig.5 is a detail of the valve-plug employed in the modification shown inFig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation showing the valve-operatinglever.

Like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

1 represents any ordinary sirup-jar, which is formed with the usualdepending neck, 2, provided with the annular flange 3.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, which is the preferred form ofvalve, 4 represents a plug or stopper, which is provided with thetapered valve-seat 5 and the opening 6 to one side thereof. \Vithin theseat 5 is fitted a conical valve, 7, which is connected to a U shapedarm, 8, the opposite end of which passes downwardly through the openingin the plug and through glands 9, forming a stuffing-box therefor, andbelow the mouth of the jar. A collar, 10, is fitted around the neck ofthe jar and is secured in position by means of a bolt,

11, passing through perforated ears formed by the terminals of thecollar. From the collar 10 there depends an arm, 12, terminating in ahooked or open eye, 13. The projecting mem- 6o ber of the U-shaped armSis formed at its end with a cross-bar or angular projection, 14.

15 represents the valve-operating lever, and

it consists of a ring, 16, which is supported in position by restingwithin the hook 13 and by the hook 17, projecting from its opposite sideand taking over the cross-bar 14 of the arm 8. An arm, 18, projectingfrom the ring 16, carries a weight, 19. From the arm 18 there projectsvdownwardly a tumbler-embracing 7o bail, 20. By this construction it willbe seen that by inserting a tumbler under the valveopening 5 andpressing the same against the arm 20 the lever 15 will be raised at itsweighted. end and raise the arm 8, and consequently remove the valve 7from its seat 5, which will permit of the sirup flowing through thevalve-opening into the glass placed thereon. By removing the tumblerfrom contact with the bail 20 the weight 19 will cause the parts toresume their normal position, the valve being closed and the egress ofthe sirup arrested.

As shown in Fig. 2, the arm 8 may be dispensed with, and the valve 7depends below the bottom of the plug or stopper 4. In this instance,also, the lever 15 is provided upon its ring portion 16 with oppositehooked arms 21, under which a knife or thin edged strip of metal, 22,secured at its middle to the 0 valve-plug 7 and having its endsflattened, may be inserted. By this construction it will be seen that bythe pressure of the tumbler A (shown by dotted lines) against thedepending bail 20 the lever 15 will be raised, and in 5 turn will raisethe valve 7 from its seat and permit of the withdrawal of the sirup. Ifdesired, also, the weight may depend from the rear end of thelever 15,and may serve as an indicating-plate of the character of sirup con- I00taincd in the jar. I

Referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the valve 7 opens downwardlyand is connected to one end of the lever 15, which is pivoted andsupported intermediate its weighted end by a depending arm, 12, which inthis instance is formed at the opposite or rear side of the collar 10.The operation of this modification is at once obvious, inasmuch as bypressing the glass A against the bail 20 the weighted end of the leveris elevated and the valve 7 withdrawn from its seat.

In Fig. 4 I have omitted the weighted lever, the valve opening upwardlyand being provided with a valvestem, 22*, depending through the neck ofthe jar, connected to a cross-bar, 23, arranged transverse andsupporting a ring, 2 From this ring depends the bail 20, which guides itto position immediately under the ring 2i, which is of a diameteragreeing with the tumbler or glass A. \Vhen in this position, by raisingthe tumbler the valve is opened and is guided in its upward movement bythe pins 25, projecting laterally from the stem 38 and riding in thelower portion of the neck of the valve-seat.

The tumbler being withdrawn, the ring which is weighted serves to returnthe parts to their normal. position. As shown in Figs. 3 and o, theweight may be out of sight and the bail formed with opposite arms 26,having a plate, 37, indicating the character of sirup contained in thejar.

In Fig. 1 I have shown how the stuffingbox 6 maybe varied. In thisinstance, in lieu of the glands 9, a rubber tube, 38, the lower end ofwhich is preferably open and the upper end of which is provided with acap, is employed as a stuffing-box. In this instance the cap 39 is rigidwith the U-shaped arm 8, and the rubber tube is provided with folds, soas to contract and expand as the lever 15 operates the same, theoperation bei 11 similar to that described as regards Fig. 1.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, in ajar having a neck provided with a plug having a 'alve-seat, of avalve-plug having a stem, a collar mounted on the neck of the jar, and aweighted lever pivoted in the collar and connected to the valve-stem,substantially as specified.

2. In a faucet, the plug at, having openings 5 and G, and the valve-phig 7, fitting into said opening 5, and provided with a stem, 8, passingthrough said opening 6, in combination with a lever pivoted to said jarand attached .to said valve-stem S, a weight attached to said lever, anda depending bail, also attached to said lever, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, in a jar provided with a neck, and a plug insertedtherein having a valve-scat and a stuffing-box, of a valve provided witha U-shaped valve-stem, one end being connected to the plug and theopposite end projected through the stuffing-box to the outside of thejar, a collar mounted on the neck of the jar and having a depending arm.terminating in a hook, and a weighted lever pivoted in the hook-arm andconnected with the valve-stem, and provided with a glass-receivingdepending arm, substantially as specified.

i. The ,'ar 1 havin the neck 2 and llll i:

having the seat 5, and st uilin g-box 6, in combination with the plug 7,the stem 8, the glands 9, the collar 1.0, mounted upon the neck havingthe bolt 11 and the dependinghooked-shaped arm 12, the lever 15, havingthe ring portion 16 mounted in the hook and connected to the valve, asat 17, and having the projecting arm 18, carrying the weight 1.) and thedepending glass-receivin g bail 20, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN llAAS. \Vitnesses:

FRANK II. Massnv, FRANK R. JORDAN.

